Do Jun, finding something amusing, kept smiling and lightly tapped Tae Yeon’s palm with his finger.
“Swallow the medicine.”
Finally, Tae Yeon slowly swallowed the pills.
“Why did you suddenly hold my hand?”
“When you have to take medicine you don’t like, it feels better when someone holds your hand.”
Tae Yeon remembered what Do Jun once said. Chairman Cha used to hold his hand every time he took medicine, which he disliked.
“I’m not a child, and it’s just a few pills. You don’t need to do that for me.”
“In my eyes, Jin Tae Yeon still seems like a baby.”
“What?”
Do Jun pulled on the hand he was holding, quickly bringing Tae Yeon into his embrace. His pleasant scent tickled her nose.
“Whenever you’re having a hard time, you can lean on me and rest like this.”
“…….”
Silently frozen, Tae Yeon felt Do Jun gently stroke her back.
“That’s what husbands are for.”
The warmth was too comforting.
In the past, she would have quickly shrugged off his touch, but today, strangely, she didn’t want to.
Do Jun was distracted by his earlier confession, but he decided to focus on the present moment. Holding Tae Yeon in his embrace, he leaned down and spoke softly.
“Look at this. How nice it is when you don’t refuse and just accept.”
Do Jun tightened his arms around her, ensuring Tae Yeon couldn’t escape.
Gradually, Tae Yeon’s eyelids grew heavy as she leaned in Do Jun’s embrace.
‘Ah, I shouldn’t fall asleep.’
She had felt unwell since the morning, and either the medicine Do Jun gave her was making her drowsy, or it was the comfort of his embrace.
Tae Yeon tried to resist the pull of sleep but to no avail.
“Doze off for a while. I’ll wake you up after lunchtime,” Do Jun said, still stroking her back.
“Just for ten minutes then…” Tae Yeon murmured before falling asleep in his arms.
Do Jun had to bite his lip to suppress his laughter.
“It seems I have become much more comfortable with her than before.”
This thought alone strangely uplifted his mood.
Throughout the lunch break, Do Jun stayed still, holding the sleeping Tae Yeon.
Knock-knock [Dash]
At the sound of a knock, Do Jun responded in a hushed tone, “Come in quietly.”
Secretary Choi entered, stunned by the unexpected scene.
“Close the door, Secretary Choi.”
“Ah, yes.”
It was time for a meeting that required his attention.
Fully aware of this, Do Jun showed no intention of attending the meeting. Secretary Choi asked cautiously.
“Department Head?”
“Shh. Be quiet.”
Secretary Choi whispered, “There’s a meeting in five minutes…”
“I can’t go, as you can see.”
“Excuse me?”
Secretary Choi widened his eyes in disbelief.
“My wife is asleep.”
“Ah, I see.”
He could clearly see Tae Yeon sleeping.
“How can I just leave her like this and go to a meeting? Right?”
“Should I take the madam to the hospital now?”
“And wake her up in the process?”
Do Jun firmly opposed the idea.
Secretary Choi reluctantly conceded, “That doesn’t seem possible.”
“Right. I can’t just leave her like this.”
Do Jun gazed at Tae Yeon’s face with a warmth in his eyes, as if looking at a precious treasure.
Secretary Choi tried to hide his astonishment.
It was a side of Do Jun he had never seen before. The typically cold-eyed Do Jun had such tenderness in his gaze, a baffling sight.
Even witnessing it firsthand, it was hard to believe.
“What about the meeting, sir?”
“We’ll have to postpone it.”
Do Jun furrowed his brow as if to say, “Isn’t that obvious?”
“But it’s a very important meeting.”
“Secretary Choi, what seems most important in this situation?”
Secretary Choi hesitated, unable to respond.
Throughout his life, Do Jun had always prioritized work and the KK Group above all else, never missing a meeting, no matter how busy he was. Yet now, he was postponing a meeting for the woman asleep in his arms.
“Secretary Choi, you always tell me to take care of my health,” Do Jun said.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“My health is directly linked to the future of KK Group, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
Do Jun remembered Secretary Choi’s words perfectly.
“So why…”
“Secretary Choi, why can’t you understand today of all days?”
Anxiously wondering if Tae Yeon would wake up, Do Jun found that the usually sharp Secretary Choi couldn’t grasp what he was saying.
“I can’t focus on work today because my wife is ill.”
Secretary Choi’s jaw dropped in shock.
Nonchalantly, Do Jun continued, “And if I’m away from her, I keep wanting to see her face.”
“……”
“Which means work is again impossible.”
“Department Head?”
Secretary Choi, suspecting something was wrong with Do Jun, sniffed the lunch box on the table to check if the food had spoiled.
It didn’t seem like it.
Looking at Secretary Choi, Do Jun asked with a smirk, “What? Do I seem crazy?”
“No, not at all…”
“In my opinion, I am like a crazy man these days.”
Secretary Choi thought to himself that maybe Do Jun, who had always been engrossed in work, had really lost his mind.
Do Jun delivered the final blow, “I think I’m truly mad about Jin Tae Yeon.”
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
